EMM News Explorer: Dan Meridor

[-said]: international pressure on Iran continues until the country realizes that the price that it is paying [in pursuit of its nuclear agenda] is too high,

jrep 22-JAN-12

[added that:]: the White House is not giving credence to the Israeli concern [on Iran]. Their actions reflect their own self interests.

jpost 19-JAN-12

[added that:]: if, in the end, Iran ends up becoming a nuclear power, that scenario will say something not only about Iran. It will also tell us a lot about the United States' international standing, particularly within the Arab world where they are asking the US to stop Tehran.

jpost 19-JAN-12

[said that:]: the United States is perceived as a weakened country. Others don't believe that it can provide the type of defense and security that is required of it.

jpost 19-JAN-12

[added that:]: the White House is not paying attention to the Israeli concern [on Iran]. Their actions reflect their own self interests.

jpost 19-JAN-12

[-added that]: Israel is waging one campaign while the United States is waging a completely different one.

jpost 19-JAN-12

[said that:]: the final results will be tell,

xinhuanet_en 17-JAN-12

[said that:]: the final results will tell,

chinadaily 16-JAN-12

[-said]: There is an opening to renew negotiations... We must hope that things will work out but it does not depend only on us,

reuters 03-JAN-12

[-added]: Israel is watching very closely, and evaluating attempts by the Iranian Republic to develop nuclear weapons.

xinhuanet_en 02-JAN-12

[-also said]: a serious effort to find common ground to resume direct talks.

nowlebanon 02-JAN-12

[-said]: Unfortunately, the constitution cannot be completed at this time,

jpost 20-DEC-11

[-added]: They must be punished to the full extent of the law.

jrep 14-DEC-11

[-said]: Now, it's come to harming our soldiers, raising a hand to our army and our police and challenging the state,

jrep 14-DEC-11

[added:]: We must stop this fire – it may only burn the edges of society now, but it could burn us all.

jrep 14-DEC-11

[said:]: I don't understand this wave of extremism [overtaking the religious public],

haaretz 27-NOV-11

[-told]: I returned to government in order to stop such things,

jrep 26-NOV-11

[-said]: There's no doubt that I won't be in a government that advances laws like that.

jrep 26-NOV-11

[-explained]: wave of attacks,

jrep 26-NOV-11

[-added]: I think we're fighting for the spirit of our country, for its existence, our freedom, our liberty, freedom of expression, freedom of association and for human dignity,

jrep 26-NOV-11

[-said]: But we have learned that there are limits to force,

AHN 17-NOV-11

[-said]: There is a country which stood behind [the attacks] and its name is Iran,

jrep 15-NOV-11

[ says]: Now is the time to extend the breadth and depth of the regime of sanctions,

spiegel 14-NOV-11

[ says]: The volume of trade that exists between certain European countries and Iran could be used as such leverage,

spiegel 14-NOV-11

[-told last month]: It's clear to all that a nuclear Iran is a grave danger and the whole world, led by the United States, must make constant efforts to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,

ibtimes 10-NOV-11

[ said]: We have to learn that the situation is changing, the region is changing. Not everything that was possible before is possible now and new possibilities open up,

news 07-NOV-11

[-said]: This was something counter-intuitive for Israel, especially for the military. Israelis like to be on the attack, not on the defensive,

news 07-NOV-11

[ said]: Debates like this cannot be held in front of the camera,

time 04-NOV-11

[said:]: It's clear to all that a nuclear Iran is a grave danger and the whole world, led by the United States, must make constant efforts to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. The Iranians already have more than four tons of 3-4 percent enriched uranium and 70 kgs. of 20 percent enriched uranium. It's clear to us they are continuing to make missiles. Iran's nuclearization is not only a threat to Israel but to several other Western states, and the international interest must unite here.

trendnews 02-NOV-11

[added:]: I do not think there was ever a debate like this. Not everything must come up for public debate.

telegraph 02-NOV-11

[-told]: Both countries, which can be and were once, anchors of stability in the Mideast, have a joint interest in co-operating and I hope this returns,

trust 24-OCT-11

[-added]: has been helpful to both sides

smh 20-SEP-11

[-said]: Is he afraid that negotiations will reveal that he can't deliver the goods? After all, he doesn't step foot inside of Gaza and he can't get Hamas to give up a single missile,

jpost 20-SEP-11

[ said]: It is better to stay quiet and wait we have no interest in aggravating the situation by replying to such (verbal) attacks,

khaleejtimes 10-SEP-11

[-told]: I do not think it would be correct to get into verbal saber rattling with him now. I think that our silence is the best answer, and I hope this will pass

todayszaman 10-SEP-11

[ said]: It is better to stay quiet and wait — we have no interest in aggravating the situation by replying to such (verbal) attacks,

dailytimesPK 10-SEP-11

[ said]: It is better to stay quiet and wait -- we have no interest in aggravating the situation by replying to such (verbal) attacks,

channelnewsasia 09-SEP-11

[said:]: Turkey, which claims that Israel is not above international law, needs to understand that neither is it

news24 09-SEP-11

[claims:]: silence is the best response

ynetnews 09-SEP-11

[ said]: we have no interest in aggravating the situation by replying to such (verbal) attacks,

EgyptianGazette 09-SEP-11

[-told]: I do not think it would be correct to get into verbal saber rattling with him now,

AP 09-SEP-11

[-said]: I think anyone who is listening can make their own mind up about him and the direction he has chosen,

AP 09-SEP-11

[-told]: The things Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said are harsh and serious, but I don't think it would be right to get into any verbal sabre-rattling with him,

jpost 09-SEP-11

[said:]: Turkey, which claims that Israel is not above international law, needs to understand that neither is it. A U.N. committee has determined that the blockade is legal. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor, asked if Israel might review the blockade given NATO-member Turkey's naval challenge, said:

kyivpost 09-SEP-11

[-said]: These remarks are grave and serious, but we have no wish to add to the polemic,

tribune 09-SEP-11

[said:]: I'm sorry we reached this point. I hope that ultimately the anger will ebb and reason and interests will prevail.

trust 06-SEP-11

[-said that]: as a Jew.

jpost 06-SEP-11

[ said]: We will not jeopardize the calm if the other side does the same,

nowlebanon 25-AUG-11

[ said]: We will not jeopardise the calm if the other side does the same,

timesofoman 25-AUG-11

[-said]: Jamaica and Israel have had a good relationship for many years. Israel has some experience in the areas of water irrigation and energy, which it is ready and willing to share with Jamaica. We did so in recent years and years past. It is usually a two-way street; we can learn from you and you can learn from us,

jamaicagleaner 19-JUL-11

[-noted]: I think we should cooperate at even higher levels. We do cooperate, but we should do more in the areas of energy, water, agriculture, and other things. I also came to explain oppositions on world affairs, like the Iranian issue, the Israel-Arab dialogue, and the Arab Spring. I found the exchange with the prime minister quite helpful and positive, and I hope that the relationship will improve. We can do a lot together,

jamaicagleaner 19-JUL-11

[ said]: I tried to stop this bill, which goes against the nature of the Likud. I have know I idea why Netanyahu reconsidered his objection,

yediotaharonot 12-JUL-11

[ said]: Netanyahu gave a speech to the Knesset prior to his last trip to Washington in which he laid out a base for negotiations which can lead to an agreement,

jpost 09-JUL-11

[-stated]: We are trying to get the Palestinians back to the negotiating table,

jpost 09-JUL-11

[-said]: There was no hysteria in the handling of the air flotilla,

jpost 09-JUL-11

[-said]: At the end of the day, despite the tragic event, the interests of the two nations are important. This continuation of tension neither helps Turkey nor Israel. I wish that everybody will do what they have to do so that the relationship can go back to what it used to be,

panarmenian 24-JUN-11

[-said]: The idea that they will be able to have a state that will control a certain area, that this can be done without negotiations, will not fly; and I think this is [an] illusion by them,

voanews 21-MAY-11

[-said]: If we get to September without any results, of course we will ask the American president to fulfil his promise -- that he wishes to see a state with full partnership in the United Nations.

haveeru 21-APR-11

[-also expressed]: America is tested at a pivotal moment in the history of the Middle East. The Arab world is watching the US closely. They look to America. If America does not seem to be able to contain the Iranian nuclear program, will they go with Iran?

bignewsnetwork 13-APR-11

[-told]: Hezbollah is a collaborator with Syria. Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is also an Iranian collaborator,

nowlebanon 07-APR-11

[-said that]: he said.

jpost 11-MAR-11

[-added that]: entire world could recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.

haaretz 07-MAR-11

[-said]: It is an Israeli interest of the highest degree,

haaretz 07-MAR-11

[-told]: Nothing will be resolved without direct negotiations,

bignewsnetwork 18-FEB-11

[-said]: We need to sit down to resolve an unresolved issue. The paradigm is clear: two states. The issues to discuss are also clear: refugees, Jerusalem, security,

bignewsnetwork 18-FEB-11

[-said]: Democracy is more than elections and this has to do with my basic rights, inalienable rights, that cannot be taken away from me; the right to vote, the right to speak my mind the right to coalesce with others the right to assemble. These are the basic tenants of democracy,

AHN 17-FEB-11

[-added]: Some people thought that if we allowed free democratic elections the Palestinian society were going to have progress toward democracy and you got Hamas instead,

AHN 17-FEB-11

[-warned that]: The slogans in the square were mostly from the western dictionary, not from the Muslim dictionary. They were about freedom, about liberties, about free elections, so they were positive.

msnbc 15-FEB-11

[-said]: What we saw in Egypt is a unique development,

msnbc 15-FEB-11

[-said]: We certainly think that its' important for Israel and Egypt to keep on hanging to the peace treaty between us,

msnbc 15-FEB-11

[-said]: The storm is not over, it's only a beginning and a new regime is yet not in place,

msnbc 15-FEB-11

[-said]: I do hope and believe that when this crisis is over the Egyptian government will go on keeping the peace agreement with Israel Is it sure? Am I not concerned that something less may develop? We don’t yet know. We are now in the eye of the storm and I don’t think it is very wise to make definite assessments and clear predictions when the storm is not yet over.

AHN 10-FEB-11

[-said]: We need to be very attentive to the change we are in, not to be locked in the old paradigms of who are the bad guys and who are the good guys. Things are changing. Interests are shifting. We need to be very proactive here,

AHN 10-FEB-11

[-said]: The world is changing and moving. China is growing we need to have good relations with them,

AHN 10-FEB-11

[ said]: When we see signs of people thinking America is weakening, it is not good and we certainly hope and wish that America finds way to reinvent itself,

AHN 10-FEB-11

[-said]: Nuclear opacity I think always worked for Israel. We never said we did nor did not possess nuclear weapons. We left it ambiguous,

AHN 10-FEB-11

[-said]: This is a battle that America must win,

AHN 10-FEB-11

[-said]: all options on the table,

reuters 03-FEB-11

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